Nick Olive's Tejori stuns Canberra Races with dominant debut

The bay filly looked right as home as she crossed the line by 3.5 lengths in the maiden handicap 1000m on Friday afternoon.

"We've had an opinion of this filly for a while now and it's good to see her finally get to the races and see her win impressively," Olive said.

Olive had been itching to unleash Tejory on the racing track after she blitzed a trial run last month. But the filly had to be scratched from the Wagga Carnival after she cut her leg in the stables.

"We had to make sure she was right again," Olive said. "We've been waiting to get her to the races because we think she's a very nice horse. We're very happy."

Meanwhile Star of the Clan and Contaminated finished fifth in their respective races and Wordless left his trainer lost for words as he came in 11^th.

Olive is hoping for a better finish at Royal Randwick on Saturday when I Am Kalani and Nobody's Puppet line up for the highway class 3 handicap (1000m).

I Am Kalani will make her long-awaited return from injury in the $75,000 race after 12-months in the stables.

"They're both going well, I Am Kalani is a promising horse and shes first up after a long spell," Olive said. "So we're looking forward to getting her back on the track."